(interlude)

  • 51interlude — noun Etymology: Middle English enterlude, from Medieval Latin interludium, from Latin inter + ludus play more at ludicrous Date: 14th century 1. a usually short simple play or dramatic entertainment 2. an intervening or interruptive period, space …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 52INTERLUDE — n. m. Pièce de poésie ou de musique écrite ou exécutée entre des ouvrages plus importants. Le programme comprendra une conférence et des interludes …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 53interlude — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, act, afterpiece, anacrusis, bass passage, bit, bourdon, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, bridge, burden, cadence, caesura, cease fire, chaser, chorus …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54interlude —    The word originally applied to a short light play inserted for relief between the acts of a long serious one. The literal sense is thus play between, from Medieval Latin interludium, representing inter , between, and ludus, play …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 55interlude — in·ter·lude || ɪntÉ™(r)luːd n. intermediate entertainment (performed between parts of a play, concert, etc.); interval, pause or space between events …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 56Interlude —    Voir Les Amants de Salzbourg …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 57interlude — n 1. interruption, recess, pause, pause that refreshes, respite; interval, entr acte; truce, ceasefire; interregnum. 2. intermezzo, divertissement, divertimento; diversion, farcetta, curtain raiser; entertainment, charade, spectacle, tableau,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 58interlude — in·ter·lude …

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  • 59interlude — [ˈɪntəˌluːd] noun [C] a short period of time between two longer periods …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 60interlude — in•ter•lude [[t]ˈɪn tərˌlud[/t]] n. 1) an intervening episode, period, or space 2) lit.+sbz a) an early English comedic sketch performed between the parts of a play or other entertainment b) a play, esp. a comedy or farce, derived from this c) a… …

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